The Kahnawà:ke Education Center consists of 3 schools, a main office building adjacent to Kateri School, two satellite offices as well as various out buildings. All these spaces are cleaned and maintained by a diligent team of Building Attendants and Janitors. Each of our three sites has a building attendant. Together they bring over 80 years of experience to the job. This allows them to be proactive in their positions.

The schools are fairly new in comparison to other school systems.

• Kateri School: original construction 1940s, renovation and expansion 2004. In 2004 Kateri School opened in what was virtually a new building. More than half the building was brand new with a cafeteria and modern gymnasium. The old part of the school at that time was renovated from top to bottom. Today there are very few traces of the original building inside aside from floors and walls.
  
  
• Karonhianonhnha School: the new school was opened in 2005 replacing an older facilty on the same property. This new building allowed for more appropriate learning spaces and more modern facilities for the growing student body.
  
  
• Kahnawà:ke Survival School: in 2008 Survival School was brought under a single roof after being on a campus with various buildings. This new building for its time was state of the art in terms of energy use. It incorporates geothermal heating and cooling as well as natural convection ventilation. As technologies change we are incorporating them into KSS to ensure it is always an example in terms of energy use

Facilities Team

Karonhianonhnha Building Attendant - Walter Jacobs 
Walter has been with the KEC for over 40 years. He takes care of all aspects of maintenance at Karonhianonhnha. In addition to being a jack of all trades, he is constantly mentoring his team and working to ensure Karonhianonhnha is safe, comfortable and healthy.

Kateri Building Attendant - Perry Cross
Perry has been with the KEC for over 40 years. He has been the building attendant at Kateri School for many years. He was here during the major renovation in 2004. He knows Kateri School inside and out and his experience is invaluable. Perry and his team maintain a level of cleanliness at the school that is second to none.

KSS Building Attendant - Ross Leclaire
Ross and his team have the task of maintaining a very busy high school with an enormous property. There is always something that needs to be fixed or maintained and they have the skills and attitude to get it done!